Choose a subject below to find a list of useful databases and web links.
Many of the resources are available from any Internet workstation.
Some will require you to enter your Portsmouth Public Library card number.

• Business and Finance
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Health
• Genealogy
• General Reference
• Law and Government
• Education
• Libraries
• Home and Auto
• Advice for Readers
• Search the Internet
• A-Z List of Resources
• Remote Access to electronic resources.
  Use your PPL card number to log in

Business and Finance

• ReferenceUSA directory of 12 million U. S. businesses and 120 million U. S. households
• BusinessSource Elite indexing and full text articles from 1,000 business journals as far back as 1985
  • in Library access (click here)
  • remote (click here)
  
  
• Mergent Online detailed information on 15,000 public companies, industry data, SEC and company reports
  • in Library access (click here)
  • remote (click here)
  
  
• Value Line [in library only] online version of the weekly stock information and analysis service
• CorpTech information about 40,000 high-tech firms, including biotechnology, computer software, and energy companies
• Consumer Price Index cost of living information, nationally and regionally and by category
• Foundation Center [in library only] information on 20,000 grant-giving organizations

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Newspapers and Magazines

• EBSCOhost a family of indexes to help find articles in general interest magazines, business journals, consumer health publications, and newspapers
  • Click here to access
  
  
• InfoTrac indexing for more than 20 million magazine and newspaper articles, updated daily
  • in Library access (click here)
  • remote (click here)
  
  
• Union Leader [via NewsBank] access to local and regional news articles back to 1989
• Union Leader homepage of New Hampshire's statewide newspaper
• Portsmouth Herald homepage of the local newspaper
• Foster's Daily Democrat homepage of the Dover newspaper
• Boston Globe homepage of the leading regional newspaper

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Health

• HealthSource-Consumer Edition full text of nearly 200 health-related journals and newsletters
  • in Library access (click here)
  • remote (click here)
  
  
• Portsmouth Regional Hospital access to healthcare websites using the links in the library section
• MedlinePlus consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health

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Genealogy

• HeritageQuest Onlinea premier genealogy resource, is now available both in the Library and remotely.
  • in Library access (click here)
  • Remote Access Heritage Quest Online (Library Bar Code Required)

• Ancestry -- Library Edition [in library only] a genealogical database.
  • Ancestry in Library access (only)

General Reference Law and Government

• City of Portsmouth the official municipal website
• NH.gov access to New Hampshire government, laws, regulations, and agencies
• NH Statutes Revised Statutes Annotated, the laws of New Hampshire
• Maine.gov access to government services from the State of Maine
• Maine Statutes the laws of the State of Maine
• FirstGov access to federal laws, regulations, departments, agencies
• United States Code the laws of the United States
• Code of Federal Regulations administrative law of the United States
• Federal Register daily publication of rules, proposed rules and notices of US departments and agencies
• Internal Revenue Service tax forms and publications
• THOMAS information about current legislation
• Martindale-Hubbell directory of lawyers nationwide

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Education

• LearnATest individual accounts for practicing academic and vocational tests
  • in Library access (click here)
  • remote (click here)
  
  
• Portsmouth Schools homepage of the School Department
• University of New Hampshire UNH's homepage
• College Source [in library only] criteria-based college selection with access to full-text catalogues

Libraries

• UNH Library access to the UNH library catalog
• N. H. State Library access to the catalog, databases, and web selections at the State Library
• NHU-PAC the union catalog for N. H., listing books in libraries throughout the state
• Library of Congress access to the online collections and catalog of LC

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Home and Auto

• Cars.com car prices and reviews, repair and care advice
• Edmunds new and used car prices, car reviews, safety information
• Mitchell Online [in library only] repair manuals, including wiring diagrams, for automobiles from 1974 to now
• Consumer.gov consumer information from many federal agencies, including the Do Not Call Registry
• Consumer Product Safety information about unsafe and recalled products

Advice for Readers

• NoveList help in choosing fiction, by author, genre, setting, story, and more

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Search the Internet

• Google
• Yahoo
• All the Web
• Hot Sheet

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